Slang Termsa theft. Idiomswith a pinch of salt.Seegrain(def. 22). Vulgar Latin *pīnctiāre,variant of *pūnctiāreto prick (comparepique1) Anglo-French *pinchier(equivalent. to Old Frenchpincier,Spanishpinchar) Middle Englishpinchen1250–1300 ...
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002 pinchverb 1. To be severely sparing in order to economize: scrape, scrimp, skimp, stint. Idioms: pinch pennies, tighten (one's) belt. 2. Slang. To take (another'...